Is parasitism in fish a good metric to assess ecological water quality in transitional waters? What can be learned from two estuarine resident species?

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 19, Issue , 2012, Pages 154-160

  Costa, J L ^a,b   Marques, J F ^a   Alves, J ^a   Gamito, R ^a   Fonseca, V F ^a   Gonalves, C I ^a   Cabral, H N ^a   Costa, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecological quality; Estuaries; Fish based multimetric indices; Halobatrachus didactylus; Parasites; Pomatoschistus microps; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; HALOBATRACHUS DIDACTYLUS; MULTIMETRIC INDEX; PARASITES; POMATOSCHISTUS MICROPS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE;

ECOLOGY; ESTUARIES; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY;

FISH;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOASSAY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EUROPEAN UNION; FISH; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PARASITISM; RESIDENT POPULATION; WATER QUALITY;

PORTUGAL;

BATRACHOIDIDAE GEN. SP.; HALOBATRACHUS DIDACTYLUS; PISCES; POMATOSCHISTUS MICROPS;

EID: 84858748642     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.08.025     Document Type: Article

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